Thank you to Kristin and Eva the host of our weekly Paint Party Friday for this wonderful idea to Honor our dear friend Tracey Fletcher King with a wonderful tea party a week before Christmas! Shining the true spirit far and wide, bringing so much love to a beautiful woman we all adore!

Come on in have a seat in my gypsy pink living room!

This photo doesn't do my pink tree justice, wish you could

see all the beautiful decorations collected with love over the years!

Would you like to use our Britto tea set?

Possibly you'd prefer a more festive mug?

It wouldn't be a party without Christmas music playing in the background!

Last but not least let me offer you a traditional shortbread.

A recipe that's been passed down through the generations!

Please feel free to make a batch yourself!

Sherries Shortbreads

Heat oven275 degrees

Bake ¾ of an hour or 45 minutes 275 degrees

1 pound of Real BUTTER

1 CUP CLOSELY PACKED LIGHT BROWN SUGAR

4 CUPS ALL PURPOSE FLOUR

Cream butter and sugar together

Gradually addflour to the sugar mixture,

then knead for 20 minutes

Form into fingers and prick with a fork,

or use a cookie press

Ready when golden brown

I'd like to wish you all a very special holiday doing whatever pleases you!

May you find solace in the spirit of the music, decorations and love of family and friends! I wish you all enough of everything you need! Much love to Tracey and her family as wells as anyone who sees this message!!

Bella the little poodle we babysit would also like to say Merry Christmasto Mushu across the miles!!!

41 comments:

That is an awesome tribute, every bit true! Love your pink living room and decorations. Ive got that tea set! A friend gave it to me for my b irthday a couple of years ago.Have a merry Christmas too to you and yours.

WOW, WOW, WOW, WOW. Absolutely WOW. Can't think of words to say how marvellous this post is, with not just the great paintings but that terrific, and so funny, poem. Tracey must love it.I think later today I will have a 'virtual pop-in' to your warm and friendly pink living room for a coffee and some of that shortbread, if you don't mind me calling in uninvited! Happy Christmas, Love Jez

I love your post so much, dear Happy! I am flashed :) So many wonderful art and things to see and to read. Thank you so much for sharing all this with us and have a very happy time!Happy PPF and lots of loveErika

Your are amazing and so talented. Your poems to honor Tracey is perfect and I am sure she will love every word. Your art is beautiful and I want to come and visit in your beautiful pink room. It reminds me so much of the color I had for years in my living room. I truly loved it.

I hope that you and your family have a wonderful holiday season. Enjoy every single minute.

Your are amazing and so talented. Your poems to honor Tracey is perfect and I am sure she will love every word. Your art is beautiful and I want to come and visit in your beautiful pink room. It reminds me so much of the color I had for years in my living room. I truly loved it.

I hope that you and your family have a wonderful holiday season. Enjoy every single minute.

Sherrie, what a wild and wonderful post! You are just so talented not only at painting but also in poetry creation. I so much enjoyed reading your tribute to Tracey. It gave me such a lift. Love you, girl. Hope your holidays are merry and bright!

Your rimes and paintings for Tracey are wonderful Sherrie! I love them and I love your pink walls and that flower painting!!!I made the banana bread and my second son and I love it! :-) It will be a treat for him especially, whenever I make it in future, so thank you for sharing your recipe!I wish you and your wonderful children a very merry Christmas!Hugs Ilona

I KNEW you would have one amazing post for Trace and you have- in such a GRAND way!!! Love your poem and the art accompanying it. That pink looks so festive and fun-I love it! And sweet Bella...awe. Wishing you and yours the brightest of holidays dear Sherrie. I am so thankful to have met you thru PPF-what an awesome group.

Awww, this is so fantastic, Giggles, you have me both crying and laughing at the same time! Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful! Trace is going to LOVE THIS. So I'm coming for tea too - and I want to drink from that funky tea set. Yum. The pink tree is so YOU:-) And thanks for the recipe!

God, I'm grinning from ear to ear. Your poem was perfect! And the illustrations! Girl, you are the bomb. Thanks for sharing your colorful life so generously with us all. Merry, happy & pink everything.

Oh my, that artwork is wonderful in itself, but that poem ia absolutely fantastic! LOVE it! So thoughtful of you, and you captured so well the essence of Tracey as we know her. I love your pink tree too, and all the pink lights against the pink walls. Colourful, warm, bright, just like you are! Have a very merry Christmas Sherrie, and thank you for being you :-)

OMG you rock the house with your wonderful post and tribute to Tracey!! Gorgeous!! Love your colorchanging cups...looking amazing..the lil owl is an eyecatcher for me cause she fits to MIM again ;) Wish you a wonderful Christmas with your loved ones ♥ ConnyPiaroms Art Journaling

How on earth am I to respond to this through the tears I am flooded with. You are such an amazing wordsmith and I love the images and words so much. And a snow man and a pink tree... Only you could pull off a pink tree plus a cute as a button dog and in quite the twist of fate the very same snow man mug that I have in the cupboard so now I will be able to share a cuppa with you in our matching mugs on opposite sides of the world. Thank you for lifting my spirits so much and for sharing your lovely cupcake and beards with me. Love to you all this Christmas you will be in my thoughts often xx

A lovely post Sherrie, as always. That is such a beautiful poem for Tracey; so true to your style too.Your Christmas tree is lovely and bright. That tea set is fabulous. Everything is so positive and colorful. I love, love that floral painting above your mantel. Wishing you a Wonderful time with your family.Merry Christmas to you.HugsSusan

Well now, your posts are always wonderful (and thought provoking ;) but this one is especially tender. I love what you did for Tracey and I love that pink in your living room! Wish I could see the tree in person, it looks lovely! I hope you and yours have a wonderful Christmas and I look forward to playing more in 2014! xoxo

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